All Robert Walter Weir's oil paintings
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39070 Embarkation of the Pilgrims Embarkation of the Pilgrims mk140 1857 Oil on canvas
71515 Embarkation of the Pilgrims Embarkation of the Pilgrims ca. 1857(1857) Oil on canvas 122.2 x 183.5 cm (48.11 x 72.24 in)
72703 Embarkation of the Pilgrims Embarkation of the Pilgrims Date ca. 1857(1857) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 122.2 X 183.5 cm (48.11 X 72.24 in) cyf
Robert Walter Weir
Jun 18.1803-May 1.1889, Painter and teacher. By his own account he was self-taught, with the exception of a few lessons from an unknown heraldic painter named Robert Cooke. However, after exhibiting a few works that were praised by the local press, he was sent to Italy by a group of New York and Philadelphia businessmen for further studies. There he trained with Florentine history painter Pietro Benvenuti. After three years in Europe (1824-7), he returned to New York, where he quickly became a mainstay of the artistic community. In 1831 he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Design in New York, and three years later he was made instructor of drawing at the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, a post he held for the next 42 years. . Related Artists to : | ZIMMERMANN, Dominikus | charles edward halle | James Jebusa Shannon | Anton Chladek | Jakob Issaks Swanenburgh |